Volcanologists discovered that really hot magma, oddly, won’t start cooling into rock until it reaches lower-than-normal ...

The South Pacific blast may have consumed its own methane — but using this idea against the greenhouse gas is controversial.

When the Tonga volcano erupted beneath the South Pacific, it did what this type of volcanoes do: it blasted seawater, ash, and gas into the sky with terrifying force. But then it did something that ...

An underwater volcano violently erupted in the South Pacific in 2022. The chemical reaction that happened afterwards could show humans how to slow global warming.

A volcano that erupted after being asleep for more than 100,000 years is leading more volcanologists to say we must redefine ...

Most people think of volcanoes as either erupting or not. The reality is considerably more unsettling. The classification of ...

Suggested Citation: "5 Strengthening Volcano Science." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2017. Volcanic Eruptions and Their Repose, Unrest ...

Hawaii's Kilauea volcano has been erupting with gigantic fountains of lava, the likes of which haven't been seen in around 40 years. On Sunday (May 25), some of these lava fountains shot up more than ...

Large raindrops began falling like sleet on the evening of May 29 near the Kagoshima prefectural office, creating thick, dark ...

On Sunday, November 23, 2025, Hayli Gubbi, a volcano in Ethiopia's Afar Region, erupted for the first time in recorded history. Scientists think the last time this volcano blew was somewhere between ...